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Esme Bates, Didcot (2026)

17/05/2026

Crown Constellation : Episode 1 Afterlight

15/05/2026

EJ Bates Notebook Collection

Goldfish Notebook

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13/05/2026

12/05/2026

PRESS RELEASE

From Didcot to Reykjavík, from pandemic poetry to political theatre, from canine comedy to speculative survival, writer Esmé Bates is building an independent body of creative work that refuses to stay in one lane.

Based in Didcot, Oxfordshire, Esmé Bates writes across theatre, television concepts, poetry, speculative fiction, comedy, spoken word and literary projects. Drawing on many years in drama education and storytelling, her writing is strongly character-driven and often blends humour, observation and theatrical imagination.

Living with multiple sclerosis, she describes writing as a form of imaginative travel — creating characters and worlds that can move across landscapes, ideas and cultures even when the writer herself cannot.

Over the last decade, Bates has independently published an expanding catalogue through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing under the names Esmé Bates, Esme Bates, E.J. Bates and E Bates, spanning theatre, fiction, poetry, educational performance resources, speculative drama and multimedia storytelling concepts.

Below is a selection of projects currently available online with Kindle editions, paperback editions, free samples and accompanying video previews.

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🎭 ELECTRIC STAN GOES TO BRIGHTON AND REYKJAVÍK
A contemporary play travelling between Brighton and Reykjavík, exploring imagination, identity and transformation.

Book
https://amzn.eu/d/0aqJ8Fnx

Kindle sample
https://amzn.eu/d/08AiWg3i

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/yBcKrWVMonM?si=mxVVb1aKSEN5UDyN

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRC8EEgm/

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📚 CAR PARK AND CLOUDS
Pandemic reflections from Didcot capturing everyday observations of lockdown life.

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0cHiEBcs

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0iPetpUs

YouTube playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLos9lZavxXa23Lwjoj-gPIGSfIS8tSfsH&si=HaXN6sCT6iCbfNe7

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQKSVEM/

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📝 THE FIRST SILENCE
A poetic response to the extraordinary stillness of the first lockdown.

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0GHKCGF58?clientId=share

Kindle edition
https://amzn.eu/d/0ieIURRW

YouTube performance
https://youtu.be/5pm-uKc324s?si=CK3qHj9BuU8rPX8J

TikTok performance
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQKNub6/

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🐎 WINDSOR GREY
A reflective novel inspired by the tradition of animal-centred storytelling begun by Black Beauty.

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0fSIBqZI

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0hFYmfoz

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV8WJYW3?clientId=share

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/8N-cY1rpq1g?si=yOy2a8EznjSDSs6Z

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQnc3Cg/

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🎭 FROM FIRE TO FOOTLIGHTS
A journey through the origins of storytelling and theatre from prehistoric fireside stories to modern stage performance.

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0hasKiZr

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/09bsCOWo

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0GHP43KDY?clientId=share

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/cjbxGwJXKJs?si=-1-34e2La8BgbaKQ

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQqNnL8/

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🐶 HOWLS!
A comic theatrical script imagining a troupe of wildly expressive dogs running their own chaotic performance company.

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/068eMgcM

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0cipCZcf

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV683BD1?clientId=share

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/eFvv30v9myc?si=j1zqgsSljzuw1avQ

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🎭 HIGH-LOW-SWING-DOLLY
A contemporary stage play exploring female identity, motherhood, memory and generational expectation.

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/05HC0Skc

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/00ng4S7P

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV8GWSSW?clientId=share

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🎭 THE GLASS BALCONY
A political theatre concept exploring monarchy, visibility, media performance and public scrutiny.

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0e5U7bIB

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0fLMNuU7

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0GQQFGFGV?clientId=share

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🌊 DRIFTKEEPERS
A speculative fiction concept set after global floods where only six drifting ARCs remain, each guarded by a solitary keeper.

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0c8lqIYD

Ebook
https://amzn.eu/d/0i2ENS4a

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0DH9S22NN?clientId=share

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🏢 THE OFFICE(S)
A workplace comedy examining the rituals, absurdities and emotional politics of modern office culture.

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/04XqC3DI

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0aM8iV9v

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV97TP2Z?clientId=share

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🎤 RICKY & JANE
A comedy script set entirely in the back of a limousine as two comedians travel to a performance gig.

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0dIV3eoS

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0beHe0rd

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FVB2C2L6?clientId=share

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📚 ADDITIONAL PUBLISHED TITLES

🎭 Crown Constellation
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0GN37K1T9?clientId=share

⏰ Till Five
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💼 Profit
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🚢 The Ark
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🌍 The Ark of the Future
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👩 Monica Smith
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🎬 Moving Movie Monologues Vol. 1
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❤️ Humanity Monologues: Being Kind
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🌙 Luna
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Luna-EJ-Bates/dp/B0BHKZFT3P

☀️ Dear Sun: The Adventure Starts Here
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🌉 Bridge of Sighs
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bridge-Sighs-Hertford-Notebook-Collection/dp/B08YS61T8F

🌀 Limbo: For All Your Afterlife Needs
https://www.amazon.com/Limbo-All-Your-Afterlife-Needs/dp/B0C9SF22G2

🚣 OARSOME
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💨 Air and Hearts
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AUTHOR PAGES

Esmé Bates
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Esm%C3%A9+Bates

Esme Bates
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=Esme+Bates

E.J. Bates
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E Bates
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=E+Bates+author

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MEDIA CONTACT

Esmé Bates
Writer / Playwright / Author
Didcot, Oxfordshire
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07710 474848

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/61588211496284

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07/05/2026

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🎬 DRIVERLESS My first ever short AI film. Written, created, directed, and concept-designed by me, Esmé Bates.What happens when technology learns how to car...

30/04/2026

PRESS RELEASE

From Didcot to Reykjavík, from pandemic poetry to political theatre, from canine comedy to speculative survival, writer Esmé Bates is building an independent body of creative work that refuses to stay in one lane.

Based in Didcot, Oxfordshire, Esmé Bates writes across theatre, television concepts, poetry, speculative fiction, comedy, spoken word and literary projects. Drawing on many years in drama education and storytelling, her writing is strongly character-driven and often blends humour, observation and theatrical imagination.

Living with multiple sclerosis, she describes writing as a form of imaginative travel — creating characters and worlds that can move across landscapes, ideas and cultures even when the writer herself cannot.

Her growing catalogue includes theatre scripts, literary works, comedy concepts and speculative fiction.

Below is a selection of projects currently available online with Kindle editions, free samples and short video previews.

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🎭 ELECTRIC STAN GOES TO BRIGHTON AND REYKJAVÍK
A contemporary play travelling between Brighton and Reykjavík, exploring imagination, identity and transformation.

Book
https://amzn.eu/d/0aqJ8Fnx

Kindle sample
https://amzn.eu/d/08AiWg3i

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/yBcKrWVMonM?si=mxVVb1aKSEN5UDyN

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRC8EEgm/

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📚 CAR PARK AND CLOUDS
Pandemic reflections from Didcot capturing everyday observations of lockdown life.

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0cHiEBcs

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0iPetpUs

YouTube playlist
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLos9lZavxXa23Lwjoj-gPIGSfIS8tSfsH&si=HaXN6sCT6iCbfNe7

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQKSVEM/

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📝 THE FIRST SILENCE
A poetic response to the extraordinary stillness of the first lockdown.

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0GHKCGF58?clientId=share

Kindle edition
https://amzn.eu/d/0ieIURRW

YouTube performance
https://youtu.be/5pm-uKc324s?si=CK3qHj9BuU8rPX8J

TikTok performance
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQKNub6/

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🐎 WINDSOR GREY
A reflective novel inspired by the tradition of animal-voiced storytelling begun by Black Beauty.

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0fSIBqZI

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0hFYmfoz

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV8WJYW3?clientId=share

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/8N-cY1rpq1g?si=yOy2a8EznjSDSs6Z

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQnc3Cg/

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🎭 FROM FIRE TO FOOTLIGHTS
A journey through the origins of storytelling and theatre from prehistoric fireside stories to modern stage performance.

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0hasKiZr

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/09bsCOWo

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0GHP43KDY?clientId=share

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/cjbxGwJXKJs?si=-1-34e2La8BgbaKQ

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQqNnL8/

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🐶 HOWLS!
A comic script imagining a theatrical troupe of wildly expressive dogs running their own chaotic stage show.

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/068eMgcM

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0cipCZcf

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV683BD1?clientId=share

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/eFvv30v9myc?si=j1zqgsSljzuw1avQ

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQqNnL8/

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🎭 HIGH-LOW-SWING-DOLLY
A contemporary stage play exploring female identity, family relationships and generational expectations.

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/05HC0Skc

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/00ng4S7P

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV8GWSSW?clientId=share

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/EvekxzfyGJ4?si=-lluiNNePdpdBvOF

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQa3Bf3/

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🎭 THE GLASS BALCONY
A political theatre concept exploring monarchy, media visibility and public performance.

YouTube preview
https://youtube.com/shorts/yAEBOHusvSc?si=JZ_QDO0jUCZcNTa7

TikTok preview
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQBUMyG/

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0GQQFGFGV?clientId=share

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0e5U7bIB

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0fLMNuU7

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🌊 DRIFTKEEPERS
A speculative fiction concept set after global floods where only six drifting ARCs remain, each guarded by a solitary keeper.

YouTube concept video
https://youtube.com/shorts/Nyj1otqRcDo?si=c7RH7-6eSLgnd82z

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQrWP2n/

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0c8lqIYD

Ebook
https://amzn.eu/d/0i2ENS4a

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0DH9S22NN?clientId=share

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🏢 THE OFFICE(S)
A workplace comedy exploring the strange rituals of modern office culture.

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/gR9OVz8fqBc?si=AZdIrEhyxgu66DUc

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQrgKtV/

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/04XqC3DI

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0aM8iV9v

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV97TP2Z?clientId=share

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🎤 RICKY & JANE
A comedy script set entirely in the back of a limousine as two comedians travel to a gig.

YouTube
https://youtube.com/shorts/8BmZvxbmQKs?si=YM9peSP5eLz8Bhem

TikTok
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRQrN5Xk/

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FVB2C2L6?clientId=share

Kindle
https://amzn.eu/d/0dIV3eoS

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0beHe0rd

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Additional titles available:

Crown Constellation
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0GN37K1T9?clientId=share

Till Five
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV2YDC59?clientId=share

Profit
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV3TRMZM?clientId=share

The Ark
https://amzn.eu/d/031Qlqrx

The Ark of the Future
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FVNP1T8L?clientId=share

Monica Smith
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0FV3WS9FV?clientId=share

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MEDIA CONTACT

Esmé Bates
Writer / Playwright / Author
Didcot, Oxfordshire
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07710 474848

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Esmé Bates

23/04/2026

RELEASE

A Flooded Future, Six Arks, One Keeper Each: DRIFTKEEPERS by Esmé Bates

In a future shaped by rising waters and irreversible climate collapse, only six drifting vessels remain. Each carries fragments of human survival. Each is guarded by a single Keeper. Each holds a story.

DRIFTKEEPERS, a speculative fiction concept by Oxfordshire-based writer Esmé Bates, imagines a world after the flood where civilisation has dissolved and what remains is scattered, fragile and fiercely protected.

At the centre of the narrative are the Keepers, solitary figures tasked with preserving what is left of humanity aboard vast drifting ARCs. Cut off from one another, each Keeper must navigate isolation, responsibility and the psychological weight of survival.

The project combines cinematic world-building with character-driven storytelling, exploring themes of climate crisis, memory, resilience and the instinct to endure.

Based in Didcot, Esmé Bates works across theatre, television concepts and literary fiction, building a multi-platform catalogue supported by Kindle publishing and short-form video. Living with multiple sclerosis, she describes writing as a form of movement, creating stories that travel across landscapes, cultures and ideas.

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Watch the concept
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Explore the book

Paperback
https://amzn.eu/d/0c8lqIYD

Ebook
https://amzn.eu/d/0i2ENS4a

Free sample
https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B0DH9S22NN

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MEDIA CONTACT

Esmé Bates
Writer, Playwright, Author
Didcot, Oxfordshire
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07710 474848

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Driftkeepers

22/04/2026

PRESS RELEASE

CROWN CONSTELLATION
By Esmé Bates

A bold new literary work, Crown Constellation by Esmé Bates, is now available via Amazon KDP, expanding an already distinctive portfolio of contemporary storytelling that blends theatrical instinct, poetic language, and cinematic scope.

At its core, Crown Constellation explores power, identity, and legacy—mapped not through a single narrative line, but through an interconnected “constellation” of voices, perspectives, and emotional truths. This is storytelling that mirrors the modern world: fragmented, layered, and deeply human.

Drawing on Esmé Bates’ background in drama and performance, the work carries a strong sense of staging and voice. Characters don’t simply exist on the page—they perform, revealing themselves through rhythm, silence, and subtext. The result is a reading experience that feels as close to theatre and screen as it does to the novel form.

Published through Amazon KDP, and supported by digital content via Zoomy, Crown Constellation reflects a modern, multi-platform approach to authorship—where text, visual storytelling, and performance intersect. This integrated model invites readers not only to read, but to engage, interpret, and experience the work across formats.

Key Themes & Distinctions
• The “constellation” as structure: multiple lives orbiting shared themes of ambition, visibility, and control
• A theatrical prose style shaped by performance training and dramatic timing
• A distinctly British tonal register grounded in observation, wit, and emotional restraint
• Designed for adaptation: strong potential for television, stage, and digital series development

Esmé Bates continues to build a body of work that challenges traditional boundaries between literature and performance. Crown Constellation stands as both a standalone piece and part of a wider creative ecosystem—one that speaks directly to commissioners, collaborators, and audiences seeking original voices and ambitious storytelling.

Availability
Kindle Edition | Paperback | Sample Content | Video & Digital Extensions via Zoomy

About the Author
Esmé Bates is a UK-based writer and trained performer with a background in drama education and broadcast culture. Her work spans books, scripts, and multimedia storytelling, often combining theatrical language with contemporary themes to create distinctive, adaptation-ready concepts.

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